OpenFlow

The instruction set in software-defined networking (SDN) routers and switches. Governed by the Open Networking Foundation (www.opennetworking.org), OpenFlow devices are programmed by one or more OpenFlow controllers residing in servers in the network. See software-defined networking.

OpenFlow History
Standardized in 2009, OpenFlow responsibility moved to the OFN in 2011 from Stanford University, where it was invented. Nox, Beacon and Floodlight are some of the first OpenFlow controllers that emerged from the early work. Nox is considered the first (www.noxrepo.org), and Beacon and Floodlight share a common heritage. Both written in Java, Beacon's focus is research applications, while Floodlight is intended as a production deployment (http://openflow.stanford.edu/display/Beacon and www.projectfloodlight.org).

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OpenFlow has been widely deployed in various network products, and attracts several network industries [6].

Priority-based Scheduling Policy for OpenFlow Control Plane

An OTS communicates with its controller via the OpenFlow protocol.

Evaluation Method for SDN Network Effectiveness in Next Generation Cellular Networks

They claim that their rate monitoring approach generates only a tiny fraction of the monitoring traffic from comparable SNMP and OpenFlow implementations, while providing the same information granularity.

A Dynamic Approach to MIB Polling for Software Defined Monitoring

Designed to support open compute standards including OpenFlow 1.3, Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) and Open Network Linux (ONL)

D-Link enhances support for SDN-enabled switches

A mathematical model can provide researchers with insights into how an OpenFlow architecture performs according to certain given parameters under given circumstances, thus leading to propose efficient algorithms.

Modeling Handover Signaling Messages in OpenFlow-Based Mobile Software-Defined Networks

ReikUminiai PodPiai: programiUkai valdomi tinklai, OpenFlow protokolas, kokybes valdymas.

Paslaugu kokybes utikrinimas naudojant OpenFlow protokola

NoviFlow's NoviWare provides the industry's broadest support of the OpenFlow specification, including all OpenFlow 1.3 and 1.4 actions, instructions and match fields, and key OpenFlow 1.5 features.

NoviFlow launches NoviWare FlowShaper

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